The next time you crave a sweet treat, go ahead and buy a bag of jellybeans—guilt free. Your indulgence will be in the interest of science.

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By studying how retronasal odors trigger taste-like brain activity, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have ...

Flavored drinks without sugar can be perceived as sweet - and now researchers know why. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals that ...